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JAPAN XV

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2016
Pentagon chief says satisfied with Japanese contribution to alliance
The United States is satisfied with Japan's contribution to the alliance between the two countries, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday, looking to ease concern in the region about the direction President-elect Donald Trump may take.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
Abe to make historic visit — the first by a Japanese leader — to Pearl Harbor this month
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Japan Times
JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 5, 2016
Japan Times honorary chairman and former publisher Toshiaki Ogasawara dies at 85
Ogasawara, who had been undergoing medical treatment in the U.S., is also the founder of plastic parts and components manufacturer Nifco Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
Abe dismisses report that Obama administration opposed Trump meeting
The administration of President Barack Obama conveyed its opposition to Japan over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in mid-November in New York, a diplomatic source said Sunday. On Monday, Abe dismissed the report as false.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 3, 2016
The British connection
While Brexit may have muddied the waters separating Japan and Britain, the design collaborations between the two island nations are still strong.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 3, 2016
Consumer Price Leaves
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2016
U.K. fighters in Japan to overfly South China Sea, carriers after 2020 to ply Pacific: envoy
British fighter planes visiting Japan will fly over the South China Sea and Britain will sail aircraft carriers in the Pacific once they are operational in 2020, given concerns about freedom of navigation there, Britain's ambassador to the United States said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2016
Japan Basketball Association dismisses men's national team coach Hasegawa
Since his appointment two years ago, Kenji Hasegawa has firmly developed the Japan men's national team.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2016
Wall Street veteran Steven Mnunchin seen as Trump's pick for Treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.
Japan rescues Mexican man from Senkakus
A Mexican man rescued near Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku chain in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drifted to the area in a canoe from the island of Yonaguni, also in Okinawa.
Japanese government considers taking precautions against mpox
The Foreign Ministry has issued a Level 1 infectious disease alert for seven African countries, urging travelers to take precautions against mpox during visits to those nations.
Alain Delon, French heartthrob on the big screen, dies at 88
French actor Alain Delon arrives with his daughter, Anouchka Delon, to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2019.
LDP pinning hope on boost from leader change
The ruling Liberal Democratic Praty hopes to capitalize on a sense of renewal stemming from the election of a new president to succeed Fumio Kishida, who has said he will not seek reelection.
Shigeru Ishiba to announce LDP leadership candidacy soon
If Shigeru Ishiba, a former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announces his candidacy for the party's presidential election, it will be his fifth attempt at the top post.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.

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